About a week ago, the defence ministry approved the sixth Positive Indigenization List (PIL) of 780 items, which will further curtail defence imports. The share of imports, which is about 35 per cent of the total defence procurement budget, has come down in the last two to three years.
Asian stocks fall ahead of US non-farm payroll data
Shares in Australia and Japan fell more than 1% in opening trade while equity index futures for Hong Kong slipped. Drops for Japanese benchmarks reflected
March 7, 2025